Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancement of microbial colonisation of the gastrointestinal tract
- Patent Title (中): 增强胃肠道微生物定植
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Application No.: US09155117Application Date: 1999-04-12
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Publication No.: US06221350B1Publication Date: 2001-04-24
- Inventor: Ian L. Brown , Patricia Lynne Conway , David Lloyd Topping , Xin Wang
- Applicant: Ian L. Brown , Patricia Lynne Conway , David Lloyd Topping , Xin Wang
- Priority: AUPN8813 19960320
- Main IPC: A01N6300
- IPC: A01N6300

Abstract:
Probiotic composition comprising one or more probiotic microorganisms, a carrier which will function to transport the one or more probiotic microorganisms to the large bowel or other regions of the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, the carrier comprising a modified or unmodified resistant starch or mixtures thereof, which carrier acts as a growth or maintenance medium for microorganisms in the large bowel or other regions of the gastrointestinal tract, and an oligosaccharide. Method of increasing the number of probiotic or resident microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal comprising providing to the animal the probiotic composition.
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